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Former President Barack Obama was concerned about sharing information on Russia with the incoming Trump administration, according to an email released by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. The email was sent on Jan. 5, 2017, by Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice, who forwarded the email to herself on inauguration day, Jan. 20. In it, she wrote that “President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming [Trump] team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.” Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who released the email, called it “unusual.”